Classic Applications Became Documents/Unix files

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I recently upgraded a 10.2 system on a G4/500 to 10.4. Classic starts up fine on it, however, I can't run any of the classic applications, as they all appear as blank documents and/or unix files.

I I fixed permissions and also reset the desktop in classic, but still have the problem.

Any clue?

 
Did you wipe out the Mac os 9 installation that it had? If so, then it's because Mac OS X doesn't have the Classic environment working, and for it to work you need a working install of Mac OS 9. You can install this on the same partition as OS X, but the drive HAS to be formatted in HFS+.

If you didn't wipe it out, then it's possible that you haven't told the Classic environment where the Classic System Folder is located. Go to System Preferences and click the Classic pane. In there, tell it to find the working System Folder. Of course, this is assuming that it's still there.

Good luck.
 
I think you might need to trash some of OS X's caches. I posted a question about how to do something like rebuilding the desktop a few months ago (thread here), and Elander replied with this:
These files have been replaced by "com.apple.LaunchServices.UserCache.##.csstore" in "/Library/Caches/", where ## is a number. There may be several of these (I have three on my system).

You may also want to trash the file "com.apple.LaunchServices.plist" in "~/Library/Preferences" if your problem persists.
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Try moving those files to the desktop and logging out. It solved a similar problem for me once.
 
Thanks for the help. I did a fresh install of 9.2 and X, and now all the classic apps are showing up just fine.
 
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